~Bread Offerings ~ Week of January 15, 2018

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Hello bread and grain lovers, Here’s what’s on the menu this week: Mama Bread This week’s Mama bread is whole grain organic spelt with the addition of flax, benne, and poppy seeds. Spelt is a close relative of wheat, and was first used by the Greeks. They considered it a gift from the goddess Demeter. People who have a hard time digesting common wheat (Triticum aestivum) report better results with Spelt (Triticum spelta). It bakes like a dream and I love the way the loaves turn out with this grain. To the spelt, I added organic flax seeds from … Read more

~Bread Offerings ~ Week of January 8, 2018

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Hello bread and grain lovers, Happy 2018! Hope you all closed out last year with cheer and are off to a good start. Looking forward to sharing good food with you in the coming year. Here’s what’s on the menu this week: Mama Bread This week’s Mama bread is made with whole organic spelt flour. Spelt is a close relative of wheat, and was first used by the Greeks. They considered it a gift from the goddess Demeter. People who have a hard time digesting common wheat (Triticum aestivum) report better results with Spelt (Triticum spelta). It bakes like … Read more

A Baker’s Baker

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Dave Miller is a baker’s baker. He’s been at it a long time, making a style of bread since the early ‘90s that’s just now getting its due. Once in a class he taught, he surprised me by kind of setting aside logic for a moment, and modestly embraced the relationship of baker to bread. “Just go by how the dough feels,” he told an earnest newbie. Then he made a loaf of bread worthy of the reverence he has for his craft. It was the essence of wheat held together by terroir-trapped air. I took bite after bite … Read more

Hometown Hero(ine)

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I travel the country in search of good bread—from coast to coast and everywhere in between, I ramble. My travels are gloriously punctuated by short stops for bread & coffee, and I’m constantly in search of bakers who are involved in shaping the modern story of bread. But my heart calls out for more than these short layovers sometimes. I want the real deal. The place you get lost and linger. And that is where Seastar comes in. No matter where I go, I’m always happy to return home to my little neighborhood Seastar love. Don’t get me wrong. … Read more

Capay Mills

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I pulled up to David Kaisel’s house in Rumsey, California on a clear June afternoon. The ride from the Bay Area was curvy and lined with popping colors of wildflowers, and as I got further and further from the city, I started to feel the freedom of California’s hope and promise fill me. I pulled up and Max, David’s trusty canine companion, came out to greet me, David close at his heels. I’d met David at the Grain Gathering at the WSU Bread Lab back in 2015 and it was obvious that this man has a passion for bringing … Read more

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